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RECORD NUMBER: 95 OF 102Main Title | The Biosphere. | |||||||||||
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Publisher | W. H. Freeman | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1970 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 00128171 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0716709465; 9780716709466 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Biosphere ; BIOESFERA | |||||||||||
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Collation | viii, 134 p. illus. (part col.) 31 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | "A Scientific American book." "Originally appeared as articles in the September, 1970 issue of Scientific American." Bibliography: p. 129-130. |
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Contents Notes | The biosphere / G. Evelyn Hutchinson -- The energy cycle of the Earth / Abraham H. Oort -- The energy cycle of the biosphere / George M. Woodwell -- The water cycle / H.L. Penman -- The carbon cycle / Bert Bolin -- The oxygen cycle / Preston Cloud & Aharon Gibor -- The nitrogen cycle / C.C. Delwiche -- Mineral cycles / Edward S. Deevey, Jr. -- Human food production as a process in the biosphere / Lester R. Brown -- Human energy production as a process in the biosphere / S. Fred Singer -- Human materials production as a process in the biosphere / Harrison Brown. |